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The treatment of skin cancer. A statistical study of 1,341 skin tumors comparing results obtained with irradiation, surgery, and curettage followed by electrodesiccation

✍ Scribed by Robert G. Freeman; John M. Knox; Charles L. Heaton


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1964
Tongue
English
Weight
386 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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✦ Synopsis


T noma of the skin concerns family physicians, surgeons, dermatologists, and radiologists. Of the several modalities commonly used for treating skin cancer, the most successful are irradiation,3* l1 excision, and curettage followed by electrodesiccation.5-7*12 Chemotherapeutic approaches are still experimental.10

This presentation compares results obtained with these 3 methods in a group of patients treated and observed at the Tumor Clinic of Jefferson Davis Hospital during the last 20 years and discusses the technique and application of curettage and electrodesiccation.